動人心弦的小男孩 (Little Boy Touches Hearts)

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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
) V( S! e0 ^  P' x* T我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時，看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。

* N+ |" z3 u1 ?) |  p8 B. nThe boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.

這男孩不過5、6歲。
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The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
  p# e/ f6 ^1 Q4 A/ w收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』

" Y. O+ g5 N" k. r5 lThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
- \0 o4 b. \: g" N. Gare you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：
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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
老婦人回道：「親愛的！你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」

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Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
. ]3 E! W4 C$ N她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。
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- n7 C5 h' j1 IThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。
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Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。

- T( x0 L" u- x7 p'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.
8 c0 e' d/ c! d9 O- j& r) o1 Y) N『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
: z4 I0 N4 b9 s+ s她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。
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" H0 X! {. E$ L. I/ c# ABut he replied to me sadly. ' No, Santa Claus can ' t bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there. '
5 c" n( @4 J1 S2 Y& n9 [9 H- Z7 k但他哀傷地回答我『不！聖誕老人不可能將它帶到她現在的地方給她。我必須將娃娃交給我媽，當她去那裡的時候可以給我妹妹。』
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6 v6 K5 x7 P8 s/ W% ~/ q9 qHis eyes were so sad while saying this. ' My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister. ' '
6 _0 i+ P& a' `2 C$ P7 H& U他說話時的眼睛是哀傷的。『我妹妹已經和上帝在一起。爸爸說 媽媽很快也將要去見上帝，因此我認為她可以將娃娃帶給我妹妹。』


My heart nearly stopped.
0 e6 P2 e' b5 n2 m* L- z我的心臟幾乎要停止了。
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% G; U7 X3 j  d+ s' g8 a3 ZThe little boy looked up at me and said: ' I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall. '
  e' D1 `  k- y7 O小男孩看我說：『我叫爸爸告訴媽媽現在不要走，讓她等我從購物中心回來。』
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Then he showed me a very nice photo of himself. He was laughing. He then told me ' I want mommy to take my picture with her so she won ' t forget me. '
* m8 y! e( |0 P7 l. C$ o3 ~然後他拿出一張他自己非常漂亮的相片給我看。他笑著告訴我『我要媽媽帶著我的相片，這樣她就不會忘記我了。』

'I love my mommy and I wish she didn ' t have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister. '
『我愛我的媽媽，我希望她不要離開我，但是爸爸說她必須去找我妹妹。』


Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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2 B% x* H2 [: U6 h/ o9 {I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. ' Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll! ' '
+ b8 U' ?" v. i7 ^, E' ^+ M( k我趕緊摸著錢包對小男孩說『我們再檢查一下，說不定您有足夠的錢買玩偶! 』
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& Q9 P) d0 y1 Y5 B'OK ' he said, ' I hope I do have enough. ' I added some of my money to his without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.
『好呀！』他說『我希望有足夠的錢』。沒讓他看見，我塞了一些錢到他的錢包中，我們開始數錢。買娃娃的錢足 了，甚之還有剩餘呢。

( }, v2 P* ~4 m* ?; _2 dThe little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
. A( A/ d* \7 T2 _4 L小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』

4 r) c! T  b3 [Then he looked at me and added, ' I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give it to my sister. He heard me! ' '
然而他看著我補充說『昨晚睡前，我要求上帝讓我的錢能足夠買這個娃娃，因此媽媽能將它帶給我妹妹。祂聽見我了! 』
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'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn ' t dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. ' '
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( a- d( A& y  g% |  s+ D# }$ j『我也想有足夠的錢買一朵白玫瑰給我媽媽，但我不敢要求上帝太多。但祂給的錢足 買娃娃和一朵白玫瑰了。』
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'My mommy loves white roses. '
8 i; }9 @5 M$ A& r% j1 g4 ~『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。

+ q& z# @* ]1 t" W9 d- u0 CA few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
幾分鐘後，老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。

I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
& ]; S  p3 i& |$ R我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
7 F$ W" k8 g" q0 j  R$ h% \小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。

Then I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young
0 L! W, E& G' N1 |! r3 s7 Pwoman and a little girl.
我想起兩天前當地報紙的一篇文章，提及一位醉酒卡車司機，撞上了一輛載著年輕少婦和一個小女孩的汽車。

8 E% v& [  ?# iThe little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the
8 g8 i& g5 u: [life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
' F" ?9 ]$ F, G小女孩當場死亡，母親呈現彌留狀態。 這個家庭必須決定是否要拔出維持生命機器的插管
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Was this the family of the little boy?
他就是這家庭的小男孩？

Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.
碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。
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I couldn ' t stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was for people to see and make last wishes before her burial.
我不自主的買了一束白玫瑰，來到喪家，年輕少婦的遺體在她埋葬前讓人瞻仰與最後許願。
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3 A" ]+ V2 c0 Y5 q+ ZShe was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.
6 j& D- }  s1 D, p+ R0 L2 t她在那裡，裝在棺木中，在她的手中握著一朵白玫瑰和小男孩的相片，娃娃則放置在她的胸口。
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I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever.. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is
# ?4 D! h: l- W2 wstill, to this day, hard to imagine.
我離開了這裡，眼淚奪眶而出，覺得我的人生已經永遠改變了。至今，小男孩對他母親和妹妹的愛，仍然難以想像。
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And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。

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对自己负责。对别人负责，对社会负责，请勿酒后驾车。因为这个小男孩有可能成为你家的孩子。

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